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Jason McClellan has been named as event management director at Boston College, Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services Patricia Bando recently announced.
McClellan will be responsible for assisting the BC community with its event management needs and identifying new auxiliary revenue opportunities through the use of University conference facilities, according to Bando. He will supervise the management teams of the Bureau of Conferences and the Connors Family Retreat and Conference Center.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, McClellan has an extensive background in the conference and hospitality industry. His professional experience includes two years at the Arlington, Va.-based Strategic Analysis Inc. Executive Conference Center, where he served as conference facilities director and manager of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Conference Center, and a stint as conference services and reception manager at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Chicago.
He also has worked in the academic sector, as manager for on-campus recruiting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and assistant manager of conference services at Duke University.
McClellan will work out of the Bureau of Conferences office at Walsh Hall and can be reached at ext.2-0311 or jason.mcclellan@bc.edu.